Cabinet.



ance with canines.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Alpi'. 8, 1913.

almacenan and november s, .una sereinement lfb ail whom, t may concern United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of @ook and State oi illinois, have invented a new and useful llmpr'cvement in Cabinets; of which the followis a speciication.

This invention relates particularly to cabi nets adapted to be placed on counters or show-cases 'to facilitate the sale of small ar ticles of merchandise.

The primary object is to provide an improved cabinet of simplified construction and improved operation.

The invention is illust-rated in its nrcl. terreni embmliment 1n the accompanying d. wineq in wh1eh- J3 liigni'e 1 represents a perspective View of an improved cabinet constructed in accordinvention; Fig. 2, an enlarged breiten longitudinal vertical section taken as indicated at'line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a broken plan sectional View taken as indicated at line 3 oiZ Fig'. 2; and Fig', 4, a perspective view of one of the chambers or compartments housed in the rear portion of the cabinet.

ln the form illustrated, the cabinet comprises a. casing A having a front chamber A and a rear chamber @12. The chamber A. is formed with a bottom 1; a rear wall 2; side walls '3; and a front wall 4.- The wall. 4 is rudimentary, while the wall 2 is of considerably greater height; and the upper edges ot the side walls 3 are sloping. The chamber A is itted. with a lid or cover comprising a rectangular frame and a glass pane fitted therein. The frame of the cover 5 may be of metal. 1t is provided at its lower corners with pivot-lugs 6 which embrace the a jacent portions of thev sides 3, and are joined by pivots 7 to said sides 3. The arrangement is such that the cover or lid may be sii/until about the pivot 7 to a standingr position, as indicated by broken dotted lines. ln this operation, the cover may be swung to a position a little beyond the vertical, so 'that the lower edge portion ot' the` cover will hear against Athe 'ivall 4, thus supporting the cover in standing position.

-The chamber A may be employed to displa y various articles of merchandise, such as the articles adapted to .be contained in the compartments with which the chamber A is fitted. lhe front surface of the wall 2 is shown equipped with a mirror 8 which serves l known that Il, JAMES H. Born, a citiof the lto enhancethefappearance and improve the display of any chamber A.

The side walls 3 are extended rearwardly to form the side walls 3 of the chamber Al; and the chamber A2 is surmounted by a wall 9.l Applied to the upper rear corners of the articles contained in the.

chamber A? arel fittings 10 which support a crossrod 11, from which are suspended a series of closureslides 12. The lower ends of the slides 12 are loosely confined by a bar I13 which' extends across or back of the lower portion o' the chamber A2. The Vchamber A2 is fitted, with a series of compartments 14. These compartments may beformed by the use of a series of members 15 of the character shown in perspective in Fig. 4. Each 16, aside wall 17 and a bottom wall 18. The member 15 may be formed of sheet metal, ,the bottom part 1,8 being formed `sion at the lower end of the side member 17, :which is bent at righ-t angles to the wall 17 'so as to meet the lower edge of the member 16 at the line 19. The back wall 16y is provided with perforations 20 which receive screws 21 (Fig. 3), by means of which the members 15 are secured to the wall 2; Preferably the Wall 2 inclines forwardly somewhat, as shown in Fig. 2; and thus the mem- ;bers 15 are tilted forwardly somewhat, that fthe cabinet. Also, the bottom wall 18 Aof leach compartment V1s disposed in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2. The members 15 aredisposed close together, as shown in Fig. 3, so that complete compartments are provided after the parts are assembled.

`ber than the compartments 14; and the slides may be shifted on the rod 11 to 4give admission to any one of the compartments 14.' The slides 12 may be formed of sheet metal, and they have their upperenjds equipped with pivot portions or loops 12a which engage the rod 1].. The lateral or vert-ical edge curved rearwardly, as indicated at 12b in Fig. 3. inasmuch as the slidesy are simply suspended from the rod 11 and have their lower ends loosely confined in the guideway 13a afforded between the bar 13 and the rear edges of the bottom portions 18 of the members 15, the slides may be readily shlfted without danger of binding,

member-15 comprises an inner or back wall of an exten gis, toward the plane of 'the` front Wall 4 of The closure-slides 12 are one less in numport-ions of the slides arepreferably bent'or The compartment-s 14 are adapted to contain small articles of merchandise. For instance, they may contain piles of .boxes or cases 22 filled with needles. The diiierent compartments may be appropriated to needle cases containing needles of different sizes.

A cabinet of the character described is simple, cheap, of ornate appearance, and is Well adapted for its purpose. In use, the cabinet will be placed upon a counter' with the compartment A turned to'ward the front, While the compartment A2 Will be. accessible to a clerk behind the counter.

The foregoing det ailed description has been given for vclearness of understanding only,

fand no undue limitation should be 'understood therefrom, but the. appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art.

What I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A cabinet comprising a casing having a front display chamber and a rear storage chamber, said storage chamber provided with a series of rearwardly-open compartments arranged side by side, anda series of upright closure-slides one less in number than said compartments and shiftable to give access to any desired compartment.

2. A cabinet comprising a casing having its front portion provided with. a display chamber and its'rear portion provided with a storage chamber, a series of rearwardlyopen upright compartments in said storage chamber, a guide at the rear upper portion of the storage chamber, and a series of closure-slides suspended from said guide.

3. A cabinet comprising a casing having its Jfront portion provided with a display chamber equipped With an inclined transparent cover and having its rear portion provided with a storage chamber, a series ot rearwardly-open compartments in said storage chamber, a rod. disposed adjacent the rear upper portion of said storage chamber, and a series ofclosure-slides suspended from said rod.

4. .A cabinet comprising a series ot rearwardly-open upright compartments a guide near the rear upper corners of said compartments, and a series of closure-slides suspended 'from said guide.

5. A cabinet comprising a series of rear- Wardly-open upright compartments having inclined bottoms, a transverse rod near the rear up'per portion of said compartments, and a. series et closure-slides suspended from said rod.

6. A cabinet comprising a chamber fitted with a series of upright compartments open at their rear sides, a transverse rod disposed near the rear upper corners ot said minpart ments, a series of closure-slides suspended from said rod, and a guide member loosely confining the lower portions oi said closureslides.

7. A cabinet comprising a chamber, a series of members disposed in said chamber and forming coi'npartments, each member comprising a rear Wall, a side wall and a bottom wall, said members placed side by side to form said compartments, and a series of upright closure-slides one less in number than said compartments, for the purpose set forth.

8. A cabinet comprising a casing having a front display chamber provided with an inclined rear Wall and a storage chamber in the rear of said Wall, a series of members in said storage chamber forming compartments, each member comprising a side wall, a bottom wall and a rear Wall, the rear walls oi", said members secured to the dividing w all bet-Ween said display chamber and storage chamber, and a series of upright closureslides in the rear of said compartments, said cl3' sure-slides being one less .in number than said compartments.

t). A cabinet comprising a casing having a front display chamber and a rear storage chamber, said display chamber haring lateral walls provided with rearWardly-sloping upper edges, a transparent cover for said display chamber having its front. portion pivotally connected with the t'ront portion of said display chamber, a series of rearwardlyopen compartments in said storage chamber, and a series of upright, laterally-shiftable closure-slides disposed in the rearl ot said compartments, said closi1re-slides,being one less in number than said compartments.

JAMES H. BOYE.

In presence of# L. Hnisnan, E. D. STEELE.

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